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Khramort / Pirlar

Խրամորթ / Pirlər
Khramort / Pirlar Խրամորթ / Pirlər
	Khramort / Pirlar
	Coordinates: 39°59′31″N 46°50′12.9″E / 39.99194°N 46.836917°E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojaly
Elevation	575 m (1,886 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	524
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Khramort (Armenian: Խրամորթ; Azerbaijani: Xramort) or Pirlar (Azerbaijani: Pirlər)^[2] is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population^[3] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[4]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Armenpress reported that Azerbaijan continuously violated the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement in the direction of the village.^[5]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 13th-century khachkar, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), a 19th/20th-century cemetery, as well as World War II and Artsakh War memorials.^[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school and a medical centre.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 403 inhabitants in 2005,^[6] and 524 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu". e-qanun.az. 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ "Azerbaijan again violates ceasefire in Khramort direction in Artsakh". Armenpress. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

[2015statistics-1] Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".

[2] "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu". e-qanun.az. 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-25.

[3] Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.

[4] Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[5] "Azerbaijan again violates ceasefire in Khramort direction in Artsakh". Armenpress. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

[2005nkrcensus-6] "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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